The WORST episodes of Sound! Euphonium
Every episode of Sound! Euphonium ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Sound! Euphonium!
After swearing off music due to an incident at the middle school regional brass band competition, euphonist Kumiko Oumae enters high school hoping for a fresh start. As fate would have it, she ends up being surrounded by people with an interest in the high school brass band. Kumiko finds the motivation she needs to make music once more with the help of her bandmates, some of whom are new like novice tubist Hazuki Katou; veteran contrabassist Sapphire Kawashima; and band vice president and fellow euphonist Asuka Tanaka. Others are old friends, like Kumiko's childhood friend and hornist-turned-trombonist Shuuichi Tsukamoto, and trumpeter and bandmate from middle school, Reina Kousaka. However, in the band itself, chaos reigns supreme. Despite their intention to qualify for the national band competition, as they currently are, just competing in the local festival will be a challenge—unless the new band advisor Noboru Taki does something about it.
#1 - Connecting Melodies
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/30/2024
The final competition for the third-years is at hand. The Kitauji High School Concert Band performs together one last time in a bid for National gold.
#2 - New Euphonium
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/7/2024
A new year is starting at Kitauji Kyoto Prefectural High School, and that means clubs are clamoring to recruit new members. The concert band welcomes newcomers and sets their goals for the season. Will they choose to fight for gold at Nationals?
#3 - Triangle Syncopation
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/14/2024
Taki decides to let the band executives choose their competition piece this year. The leadership deliberates on this decision while trying to get the rest of the band ready to perform at the Sunrise Festival.
#5 - Etude With You
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/28/2024
The day of the Sunrise Festival finally arrives, and it's time for the concert band to have their first performance of the year. Proximity to other schools and bands brings some of Motomu's family issues to light.
#6 - Twilight for Two
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/5/2024
Now that she's well into her third-year, Kumiko is now facing pressure from teachers and parents alike to choose what she's doing after high school. Concert band members form groups to attend the Agata Festival, but Kumiko has other plans.
#7 - Wavering Dissonance
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/12/2024
The Prefecturals are coming up and that means the first of many auditions for the members of the concert band. Mayu is still hesitant to audition despite reassurance from the others. Some of Taki's choices for the competition confuse members.
#8 - Summer Fermata
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/19/2024
Members of the concert band are given a brief, three-day summer break that quickly fills with plans of all sorts. Some of the third-years attend an event to gather information on different colleges and plan their futures.
#9 - Melancholy Ostinato
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/26/2024
The three-day summer camp has begun, and members of the concert band are faced with a rigorous training regimen. Mayu hesitates to audition yet again, afraid that she'll take the soli part from Kumiko. Motomu speaks to Midori in private.
#10 - Dissonant Tuning
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/2/2024
Mayu taking the soli part has made the concert band uneasy. Despite Kumiko's insistence that this is how it should be, several members take issue with Taki's decision.
#11 - Expressing Arpeggios
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/9/2024
The Kansai competition is right around the corner, and the band's dissent about Taki-sensei's decisions only continues to grow. Kumiko goes to speak with him, and she has to decide whether to speak her mind.
#12 - Orchestra to the Future
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/16/2024
The concert band receives its Kansai competition results. Reina and Kumiko see Yoroizuka perform with some of their senpais. However, Kumiko and Reina's relationship becomes precarious as she continues to insist she won't go to music school.
#13 - The Last Soloist
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/23/2024
Taki decides that the band will choose the euphonium soli player by voting on one final audition. Kumiko then decides that they should choose based on sound alone, and so the two of them audition anonymously.
#14 - The First Ensemble
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/22/2015
Kitauji High School Concert Band is preparing their parts for the ensemble, but some students are fooling around when they should be practicing.
#15 - Rhapsody in Flu
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/2016
Asuka invites Kumiko over for a study party. With Kumiko's sister quitting college and Asuka's band membership uncertain, Kumiko and Reina are forced to contemplate the role of music in their lives.
#16 - Early-Spring Epilogue
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/29/2016
With the competition over and the third-years graduating, Kumiko is left to sort through her feelings: Is it a love of concert band, of the euphonium, or of something else?
#17 - The Last Competition
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/2016
It's the big day: the All Japan Concert Band Competition Nationals.
#18 - First Love Trumpet
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/2016
With Asuka back in the competition, the orchestra is just about set for the Nationals. Meanwhile, Kumiko tries to understand why Reina is upset at her.
#19 - After-school Obbligato
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/2016
Taki's deadline for Asuka draws near. She refuses to admit that she wants, more than anyone, to compete in the Nationals.
#20 - Sound! Euphonium
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2016
Asuka is about to lose her seat competing in the Nationals. But that might not be why she invited Kumiko over.
#21 - My Euphonium
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/24/2015
The competition's coming up. Kumiko is suddenly asked to play a difficult phrase from a different part. She begins practicing, but...
#22 - Nice to Meet You, Euphonium
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/15/2015
Kumiko and the others join the concert band, and they choose their instruments. Their eccentric senior, Asuka, still likes to mess with them.
#23 - Singing Solfège
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/29/2015
Kumiko and the others prepare for Sunrise Festival. Kumiko and Shuichi talk about Taki-sensei on the way home from school, when they run into Reina.
#24 - Festival Time
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/6/2015
The concert band receives their marching band uniforms and begins marching practice in preperation for SunFes. Things are different now, with the members all more engaged in practice. And SunFes day arrives.
#25 - Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Tuba
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/13/2015
Starting this year, the band holds auditions for members participating in the competition. First-year Hazuki has a chance, too. The bass section does everything they can to encourage her.